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A potential novel rapid screening NMR approach to boundary film formation at solid interfaces in contact with ionic liquids

journal contribution
posted on 2008-09-11, 00:00 authored by Maria ForsythMaria Forsyth, T Kemp, Patrick HowlettPatrick Howlett, J Sun, M Smith
The boundary films generated on a series of inorganic compounds, typical of native films on metal and ceramic surfaces, when exposed to various ionic liquids (ILs) based on the trihexyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium cation have been characterized using multinuclear solid-state NMR. The NMR results indicate that SiO2 and Mg(OH)2 interact strongly with the anion and cation of each IL through a mechanism of adsorption of the anion and subsequent close proximity of the cation in a surface double layer (as observed through 1H−29Si cross polarization experiments). In contrast, Al2O3, MgO, ZnO, and ZrO2 appear less active, strongly suggesting the necessity of hydroxylated surface groups in order to enhance the generation of these interfacial films. Using solid-state NMR to characterize such interfaces not only has the potential to elucidate mechanisms of wear resistance and corrosion protection via ILs, but is also likely to allow their rapid screening for such durability applications.

History

Journal

Journal of physical chemistry Part C : nanomaterials and interfaces

Volume

112

Issue

36

Pagination

13801 - 13804

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Location

Washington, D.C.

ISSN

1932-7447

eISSN

1932-7455

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2008, American Chemical Society